Every State Is Known For Having A Dessert Staple — Here's Yours

"Alabama has to be fried peach pies."

—dowhatnow

"I was born in and grew up in Alaska. At one point, we consumed more ice cream per capita than any other state. We don't know why. We just really love ice cream."

—j4c2563dad

"Arizona: Eegees. It's an Italian ice slush dessert that you can only get in Tucson."

—allisonw4a745c593

Runner up: "For Arizona, it’s cactus candies. You can find them in every gift shop here."

—lexihusted

"Arkansas is possum pie! Don’t get bowed up ‘cause of the name! The thick layer of whipped cream hides the delectable layers of chocolate pudding and rich cream cheese." —shelbyt4529a7420

"A statewide dessert in California that most would know would be boysenberry pie."

—mrsandman29

"Peach pie made with palisade peaches is my favorite and very popular in Colorado."

—chelle1989

"Claiming Fudgie the Whale and Carvel ice cream cakes for Connecticut! Always been a tri-state thing, but they belong to us since they moved headquarters."

—miznortonbuswell

"Delaware: strawberry pretzel salad! Every birthday, graduation, anniversary — you name it, it’s served! I'd never heard of it until I moved here, and now I make it for my non-local friends!"

—caseyb4e5b600d8

"Florida is definitely key lime pie."

—louisatayloor

"Georgia's dessert is peach cobbler!"

—edithkateq

"Haupia is our dessert from Hawaii. It's a refreshingly delicious coconut-flavored, all-white little cube. It has the consistency that's in between a jello square and creamy pudding depending on the recipe, but everyone knows the best ones are somewhere right in the middle."

—carlim

"The only acceptable dessert that Idaho should be known for is potato ice cream. Not real potato ice cream, just ice cream made to look like a baked potato."

—jennag46bf3b066

"Illinois is known for frozen custard."

—cakegirl23

"Hoosier pie is a three-ingredient pie that is sometimes known as sugar cream pie. It's the most popular and delicious hoosier treat in all of Indiana! It's creamy and sugary enough to make your taste buds happy. And yes, it is the secret to every hoosier’s sweet personality!" —marrokun

"Iowa: Scotcharoos. They're Rice Krispies with peanut butter, sugar, and corn syrup topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips. Everything you need in a dessert!"

—mackenzielynnek

"Kansas = peppernuts!"

—saramae127

"Derby pie is Kentucky's dessert."

—barnhorstk11

"Louisiana's dessert is beignets."

—crystald40e797f05

Runner up: "Louisiana pralines! Chocolate pralines are my fave." —clairec27

"Whoopie pies! They’re absolutely a Maine staple."

—mollysamson12

"Maryland's dessert is Smith Island cake."

—jsbsmith32

"Boston cream pie in Massachusetts! I actually prefer Dunkin’ Donuts’ Boston Kreme donuts over Boston cream pie, but I’ll still never turn down a slice!" —lindsayt474f6eab2

"Michigan = bumpy cake!"

—kerryh4b2555fa4

"Minnesota is known for dessert bars! For instance, lemon bars or cookie bars."

—kdiddyz

"Mississippi mud pie! It's chocolate cake with marshmallows, pecans, and chocolate icing."

—bethanyb419832b0c

"Missouri is known for gooey butter cake. In St. Louis, you can find this super moist, comforting cake on special at restaurants or in grocery stores. It’s a staple." —kaitieh486c701a0

"For Montana, it has to be huckleberry pie or ice cream!"

—dreyaeger1998

"Nebraska's dessert is the tin roof sundae. It’s a scoop of chocolate ice cream topped with chocolate sauce, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream with warm marshmallow cream. Finally, the whole sundae is topped with skin-on Spanish peanuts. They’re best when you get them in Potter, Nebraska, where they were first created."

—alexandriagarlick

"Basque cake is a delicious, yet simple custard filled cake that's well-known in Nevada!" —rachelem13

"New Hampshire's dessert is apple cider donuts."

—kealeyg

"I know New Jersey is known for our salt water taffy, but let's face it — it's not a dessert. Instead, I think New Jersey's dessert should be cannolis because of scene in The Godfather: 'Leave the gun, take the cannolis,' which was memorably filmed in the New Jersey marshes along the Hudson River."

—yankee1982001

"New Mexico’s favorite dessert is sopapillas! They’re delicious, fried pillows that you eat with honey, and they taste like HEAVEN! I’ve never tasted heaven, but this is what I imagine it tastes like."

—laurenk4ee1c5b1b

"New York is known for our cheesecake! YUM!"

—arleneh470349ff2

"North Carolina is known for sweet potato pie, as that's where the majority of sweet potatoes are grown and harvested."

—kiranelizabeths

"North Dakota's favorite dessert is caramel rolls. You may think you've had a good caramel roll, and you may even think they're just a breakfast item, but you are wrong. North Dakota caramel rolls are at minimum six inches across, soft, and slightly chewy, oozing with cinnamon. They have so much caramel that they almost look like they've been piled high with frosting." —ndgal

"Ohio loves buckeyes."

—pbruehler

"Oklahoma's dessert is fried pies! Sooo good!"

—klaraadad

"Please don’t disrespect the state of Oregon and say donuts. Marionberry pie is the state’s dessert!"

—vonbon16

Runner up: "Oregon's famous dessert is definitely Voodoo Doughnut donuts. Super popular and SO. GOOD."

—kathleendent

"Pennsylvania's dessert has to be shoofly pies."

—angelaa4c105986d

"Rhode Island zeppoles. They're plate-sized circles of fried dough topped with powdered or regular sugar. Lines for our popular Iggy's Doughboy and Chowder House are wicked long, especially in the summer!"

—erduran1307

"Chess pie belongs to South Carolina!"

—palmettohomekali

"South Dakota's dessert is kuchen, a sweet dough that contains a fruit or custard filling."

—krockin2000

"Tennessee is known for moon pies."

—strangestangel79

"Texas's dessert HAS be a Texas Sheet cake — with some Bluebell ice cream on the side!"

—tritonequeen

"Utah is famous for green Jell-O. Or really any type of Jell-O."

—morganb4a0bbf414

"Vermont is known for our iconic maple creemee. I mean, anything maple, but the creemee earns top billing!"

—emilyk424a0101d

"Virginia's known for pecan pie."

—swall1304

"Washington loves apple pie! The best apples grow here, and they make killer pies."

—notaglassoflemonade

"West Virginia's dessert has to be molasses cookies. They're so chewy and fragrant!" —erinl50

"Wisconsin's favorite dessert is custard. The most famous is Culver’s, which is amazing, but the best is Kopp’s. Hands down."

—jacquiu

Runner up: "Cream puffs! People travel from all over to come get one at the state fair every summer."

—jacquiu

"Wyoming's dessert is easily huckleberry ice cream." —e4ada6546c